and he used his veto pen even with a republican congress. president bush decided for whatever reason that he wouldn't veto any legislation. the republican congss decided that they wouldn't do oversight even when things were really stupid. well, the result was the executive branch decayed. the founding parties want the congress and president to have tension. they want the supreme court and the legislative and executive branch to have tension. our system is designed to stop dictatorship by maintaining a balance of power. and i thinwhen the president decided not to veto spending bills, the congressmen just frankly began spending like crazy and you ended up with bridges to nowhere and you ended up with things that i think is absolutely indefensible. at the same time, when we had catastrophes like katrina, the republican congress wasn't aggressive enough in oversight and we didn't get the scale of reform we needed and as a result i think we've been in a seven-year period where the and i hope we'll go back to the tension between the congress and t